Some good friends of ours graciously invited John and I to join them for a long weekend at the Gullbrannafestivalen. I had never gone to any kind of music festival - and I am so glad I went!
First of all the place. Gullbranna campgrounds are super nice. They are clean, neat, welcoming and peaceful (even with a lot of activity going on!) It is on the southwest coast and the campground is an easy walk to the beach. Something we took advantage of several times. The musicians, technical crew etc. were professional quality. Of course I didn't enjoy every artist. There were so many, and so many genres. There was rap, jazz, blues, rock, hard rock, gospel, and more. There were soloists, bands, and a terrific youth choir. Some artists performed contemporary music, and let the application speak for itself.
Aside from music there were, not surprisingly for a Christian camp/festival, devotional talks and many social ministries present. There were also some dance groups and children's activities. And ice cream! (Just sayin'!)
It was terrific!
See you next year? : D
Here are a few links to performer's work which I particularly enjoyed:
Ida Sand. SO so good!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UWUdTt1Xp8
Jimmy Needham (U.S.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK4jdexjgz4&list=PLE1E2C513C9AD06A0
Samuel Ljungblahd The recording I am linking here is when he recently sang at the royal wedding (!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oand7bv0IBs
Beck Corlan (Romanian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ11eNSUcjY&list=PLnSZHb8XlnKVIrnaooC6EDcAmR6AopJRw
And the young Simen Thelander (who had a terrific keyboard player, Samuel Lund, performing with him a Gullbranna). Might I add that in this video link Thelander is performing one of Jimmy Needham's songs (look up higher in the list!) for an Idol audition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo0lCd0nCGY
